Beckhoff Automation
Torsten Förder is an experienced professional in the automation and software development sectors, currently serving as Product Manager for TwinCAT and Security at Beckhoff Automation since April 2020. Prior to this role, Torsten worked as a Senior Information Security Specialist at PHOENIX CONTACT Software GmbH, focusing on security concepts for industrial products. Torsten's career includes significant positions such as Manager of Software Development at Innominate Security Technologies AG, where firmware for industrial firewalls and VPN appliances was created, and Team Lead of Software Development at AuthentiDate International AG, overseeing products related to electronic signatures. Additionally, Torsten has experience as a Senior Software Developer at UUNET Deutschland GmbH and as a general manager of a local Internet provider, DI Delta Internet GmbH. Early career roles included software engineering positions at EDS Informationstechnologie und Service GmbH and mbp Informationstechnologie GmbH, concentrating on data management systems. Torsten Förder holds a degree as a Mathematisch-Technischer Assistent in Informatik, obtained from MBP from 1992 to 1995.
Beckhoff Automation
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Beckhoff Automation is one of the world's leading specialists for automation and PC-based control technology. We are an owner-managed family business that employs over 5,000 people around the world, and we generated sales of 1.182 billion euros in 2021. Our headquarters are located in Verl, East Westphalia. Thanks to an additional 24 branches in Germany, 40 international subsidiaries and global cooperation partners in over 75 countries, we are always within close range of our customers so that we can provide support on-site at any time. Our passion for innovation Beckhoff is a high-tech company. Our employees develop and produce our innovative products and solutions entirely in-house, using a strong foundation of PC-based control technology. Bundling all of our skill sets within our own company is a crucial factor in our success. Our product range spans the main areas of industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software, control cabinet-free automation, and hardware for machine vision. Our customers use this diversity to successfully implement pioneering concepts for controlling and automating their applications. Our mission is to develop products and automate production processes in such a way that they consume less resources and less energy than in the past. Every year, effectiveness and productivity must be increased to meet the global desire for more prosperity in an ecologically sustainable way. As we say at Beckhoff, 'Engineers must save the world!'